Sunday, August 7, 2011

A, B, or C Giveaway

Hello friends! I was thrilled to see my official follower count pass the 500 mark last week - thank you so much for visiting my blog! - and I promised a big giveaway when this happened for those who choose to faithfully follow...I finally have three prizes together and the details ready...and I think (hope) you will be pleased and excited!

For this giveaway, official followers will have the chance to win anupcoming design chart (you will be one of the first to have one!) along with the coordinating threads and finishing kit - you will be responsible for your own linen, stuffing, mini drill, and basic sewing supplies.

Make sure you are an official follower - current or new (you must be listed under "Followers" on the right-hand toolbar)...so if you aren't already following, feel free to sign up by clicking on the "Join This Site" link in the right-hand tool bar (this button is right under the word "Followers". My international followers are also welcome!

Leave ONE comment to this post telling me which of the three new designs is your favorite (the one you would like to win) and why: A. Moonlit Midnight...or B. Pocketful of Peppermint...or C. Quilted Garden. Please leave only one comment and make sure to tell me your choice - multiple comments will be deleted/disqualified.

All entries require a valid email address. Please make sure your email address is visible in your profile (so I have a way of contacting you, should you be randomly chosen) - if you are uncertain, please leave your email address with your comment - entries without a valid email will be disqualified.

The deadline to enter will be 11:59 pm CST, Friday, August 12th. Recipients will be chosen by random draw and posted on my blog on Saturday, August 13th. I will contact the recipients via email - you will have 48 hours to respond, if I do not hear from you in that time frame, I will choose a replacement recipient(s).

So those are the details....I hope this giveaway was worth the wait...I am happy to be able to thank those who continually follow my blog and leave encouraging and enthusiastic comments! I hope my future posts maintain your interest and inspire you...

158 comments:

What a generous giveaway, Belinda! Since I have to pick one, I would pick Quilted Garden! I love the colors, the verse, the pair of birds, and the fact you have tied your love of quilting with your love of cross stitch!

Moonlit Midnight is spooky cool ... Belinda, you always create such great designs. thanks so much for offering up this contest to all of us... keeping my fingers and toes crossed - hoping that I win... dkirk@frontiernet.net

Since I'm a Halloween fanatic, my choice would have to be " Moonlit midnight" , it would be a great companion to " behind the gate", which I'm in the middle of stitching :) my email is linen4004@aol.com

This is a fantastic giveaway-well worth waiting for! My birthday is Halloween but I spend alot of time trying to ignore it. And my stash runneth over with Christmas designs, so I choose Quilted Garden!! Really lovely! kiddlady at yahoo dot com

I love Quilted Garden. The colors are so beautiful. I have already ordered it from Cecilias Samplers. I would like to have Moonlit Midnight. Halloween themes are so much fun. I especially like the haunted house and the tree designs you created for this project. mincysangel@yahoo.com

Belinda, Thank you so much for such a wonderful give away.....and for making it SOOO hard to chose just one!! It would be terrific to win B.Pocketful of Peppermint...it would be an awesome birthday gift!!Connieconnieblue@cox.net

Hello! Congratulations on your over 500 followers! Awards go is great but I like the number two Pocketful of Peppermint. "For some time I visit your blog privately but I've put in a public way to meet the rules. I congratulate you very much for your work, your passion and love the embroidery. To me you are an inspiration. Good luck to all!My name: MonseramiMy mail: monserami@gmail.comGreetings from Mexico

How very generous of you!! I would love to have Pocketful of Peppermint because I love Christmas and love the many possibilities for stitching smalls with the pattern also. Thank you so much for the chance!

What a generous way to celebrate this wonderful accomplishment. I would love to display quilted garden in my house. I promise I will give it good light. There is so much that can be done with this one chart. Your patterns are always fun, to work on and this would be no exception. Thanks for doing this for your fans.Adria

Congrats Belinda on having 500+ followers!I'm a follower and would love to be entered into your wonderful giveaway!My favorite would have to be Moonlit Midnight, because Halloween is my favorite holiday!Prim BlessingsRobin

Yay, 500 followers, good for you!!! And a very nice give away. Love all the designs, but Quilted Garden is my choice. Why? Love gardens, love quilts, love to stitch quilt blocks, and this design is just lovely.stregalibby at aol dot com

Oh my goodness what a wonderful give away. I am a follower and I would choose C. Quilted Garden, the colours are so joyful and this is such a happy piece and there is so much you could do with it if you wanted to do little projects. Thank you so very much.

Congrats on reaching the 500 mark!!!!I am a follower, and I LOVE design A, Moonlit Midnight. It has a lot of possibilities for smalls, and the colors are great. I LOVE Halloween too!Thank you for the generous giveaway.Murf_2@ameritech.netMarilyn

hello dear, really a very lovely giveaway.i love "quilted garden" because that design is so much ME..i love quilts and garden both..and i know it will be a fun stitching and i will always treasure it.thank you.my email is in my profile.love and hugs xx

Hi Melinda: Congrats on 500 followers! I'd love the chance to win Quilted Garden because it's GORGEOUS!!! Thank you again for the opportunity; I keep hoping if I keep reading your blog, it'll motivate me to pick up some quilting/sewing again!

What a fabulous giveaway - definately worth the wait!I would choose Quilted Garden as I loved it the first time I saw it - colours, designs, versatility - just everything about it!Thanks for entering me into your drawing.

Thank you so much for the wonderful giveaway! I always love your designs! Such a hard decision but I choose Quilted Gardens. I have loved it since I saw the first picture of it. Thank you for entering my name in your drawing. Rose

I fell in love with the Quilted Garden as soon as I saw it. It's just gorgeous! The colors are wonderful, the border is too. And the quilt squares within the design -- marvelous! Just a spectacular design! Thanks for the chance to win it!

Well what a generous giveaway! Although I like all three and B is a close, close second - I love package A...what can I say, I am a Halloween gal and Moonlit Madness is my number one choice...and the colors in C are also awesome - but yes, Choice A is my pick should I win. Congratulations on reaching 500 followers - boy I am happy with 59 ;-)

I haven't been able to leave a normal (googole account) comment for a couple weeks on your blog, so it's anonymous again - but I've listed my info...

This is such a hard choice because I love them all! My final choice is Quilted Garden. The colours in it are stunning and I love the smalls which can be stitched from it. So pretty!Thank you so much for the generous offer and the opportunity to enter.

Until I found BRD I didn't even know there were cross stitch charts for Halloween, so if I win this gorgeous give away I would pick a Moonlit midnight. Thanks for that chance.Eveline. (evelinevanheijst(at)ziggo(dot)nl)

Wow, what an exciting entry! :) I love the Quilted Garden (C), it's so colorful and it is not connected to any holidays, so I could hang it on the wall the whole year round! Greetings from Budapest! ;)

This is a great give away! Thank you so much for the chance at one of these great designs. I would choose A)Moonlit Midnight. I have not done a lot of Halloween stuff in the past, so now is a good time to work on some spooky stuff. Thanks againg.Denise

Oh, I'd love to win C - but if I don't, I'll get it from the store! :-)I love everything about this design; the arrangement is so pretty and the colors are gorgeous - so bright and happy.I am a bird-lover, a gardener and a quilt admitr, so the design hits on 3 of my loves here in life!Congratulations on your new wonderful designs.onestitchnirvana@gmail.com

Hi Belinda - I love the Quilted Garden chart - it looks so pretty and I'd love to have it and stitch it for my bedroom. I love all quilts and actually don't quilt myself (yet), but this just may inspire me to go to a class. Just beautiful.

All of the designs are gorgeous and I must have them all, but if I have to pick one to be first and hopefully win it would be Quilted Garden. The reason is that it would be the first one I would stitch! It just has so many possibilites and I can see a lot of gifts that I could make from this design. Thank you for sharing your talent with us and I hope you will continue for a long time. I just love your designs.Judystarkey_judy@yahoo.com

Belinda - what a nice giveaway and congratulations on your 500th follower achievement. I love the Pocketful of Peppermint - your christmas designs are the best! I have Poinsettias and Pines and that is one of my all time fave christmas designs. I bought Peppermint Twist for my mom last year but was sorely tempted to keep it myself - so if I don't win a copy of PoP - I will surely be buying this one for ME! thanks Melodymbryan10@comcast.net

Wow, so many comments already...your designs are so popular! I love Quilted Garden C...because it is so unique and different. Love the colors too! Congrats on your popular blog...you keep us in the know! Thanks...pj from iowapjstitcher@mchsi.com

Congratulations on fitting the 500 mark on your followers!!!!!!!! This is such a generous giveaway~~ I love Quilted Garden, because it's so colorful and cheerful, and I love both quilting and cross stitching, so it's perfect!!!!!

O Wow, 500 folowers. That's a lot!I made pepermint twist, and love it. The one I sure would love to win, and make is C Quilted garden. My 3 favorite things combined in one. Quilting, cross stitch and a garden.

Thank you Belinda for the drawing! It's so generous of you - I would love "Pocketful of Peppermind" -it reminds me of my childhood Christmas with snow, bells, poinsettias, reindeer and gingerbread men! Thank you for the chance to enter and win!

Tough choice for me, but in the end I have to say Choice B - Pocket of Peppermint, simply because I want to stitch it as one large sampler with Peppermint Twist (which I already own). Thank you for doing this very generous giveaway!mindibruner@gmail.com

Love the Pocketful of Peppermint, would make a wonderful mate to the Peppermint Twist already stitched. These patterns are such a joy to stitch and can do so much more with them should you wish. The more stitching the merrier. Keep them coming and will keep buying. Pam pksurface@yahoo.com

What a wonderful giveaway, Belinda! All three new designs are beautiful, but my favorite would have to be B - Pocketful of Peppermint. It just cries out to be a companion to Peppermint Twist. My email should be in my Blogger profile, but just in case it doesn't show up...KatMomXstitches @ hot.rr.com (remove spaces). Thanks so much and good luck to everyone!

It's fantastic that you are now over 500 followers! Way to go. I absolutely love the Quilted Garden and would like to be entered into the drawing for that piece. You should be able to get to my email, but here it is just in case - dkstitch@yahoo.com.

Congrats on all of your followers! Wow! All three designs are wonderful - but the one that made my eyes pop tonite was the Quilted Garden! Fabulous colors, love the birds and the potential for so many smaller projects from this is great! I'm sure it would be a fun stitch!

What great designs you have posted. I love all three but my favorite is Quilted Garden. Cross stitch and quilting are such compatible crafts. I love the colors and love stitching quilt squares. I can see using the quilt squares and flowers for needlework smalls. I am excited about all the possibilities this pattern is spurring in my mind. Debi Murraydebi.murray@gmail.com

Hi! What wonderful designs! It's so hard as they are all so pretty! I will say Moonlit Midnight since I really do love Halloween!! Thank-you for such talented designs! I met you this past spring at Heartland Stitchers Camp and had the best time! It was wonderful to meet you!Thanks so much! Sue Birdsallsfarupbirdsall@aim.com

Congratulations on reaching 500 followers! All three designs are lovely, but if I had to choose just one, it would be Pocketful of Peppermint because Christmas designs always speak to me--especially this one.

I would like to go into Giveaway B please. I love, love, love A pocketful of peppermint and it would be great to stitch for this christmas. Every year I stitch something Christmassy and this year I would love it to be A Pocketful of Peppermint.

My email address is KayeDeP@gmail.com and my blog is http://kittenstitching.blogspot.com

Belinda I would love to win a pocketful of peppermint. I have be waiting for this one to come out since last year when you showed it as one of your teaching pieces. I love anything winter and xmas... Thanks... Pat

Quilted Garden! When I saw this pattern it just blew me away. It brings back memories of my grandmas making quilts. How I wish the were here to teach me to quilt. Want to quilt so bad but health just won't let me but I can still x-stitch. Would love to be the lucky one.(Sandy @ teacco@yahoo.com)

This is an awesome giveaway. Congrats on reaching 500. I love fall (my favorite season) and love stitching for fall. So Moonlit Midnight would be my pick. August 11th is my anniversary, wouldn't it be a great present if I won? Have a great day!Paulapmcfee@roadrunner.com

What a great, generous giveaway!! I would love to be entered to win Moonlit Madness. My husband & my mother-in-law share a birthday on Hallowe'en, and my mother in law is flying out to spend her birthday with us - it would be my first Hallowe'en stitch too!!!! good luck everyone!!!

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I would so love to win quilted gardens. I wanted it the moment I saw it because it's colorful, I love the quilt patterns in it and just because it's a 'happy' design - I like happy. Oh, and it reminds me of my grandma.

I love all 3, so I'll have to say 1st choice would be Quilted Gardens, followed by Pocketful of Peppermint and then Midnight Madness. Congratulations on 500+ followers and thanks for a wonderful give away to celebrate.ladybug8@bellsouth.net

I would love to win Quilted Garden! I started quilting a number of years ago and really enjoy it - or at least I enjoyed it until I started having trouble with my shoulders and started to get migraines after quilting. : ( I would love to stitch a quilt instead, and the colors in your piece are so lovely... plus there are bluebirds -- which make me remember the old Shirley Temple movie about the bluebird of happiness being found right in your own home. Love it!

for some reason I wasn't a follower till now DOH .... ok had a sneak peek at them all again and mmmmm choice would be moonlight garden as my DD is into Halloween very much and I would like to surprise her with something stitched if I can :) thanks for the chance :) love mouse xxxxmouse_stitch3@yahoo.co.uk

I really like your designs - they are so pretty! But the one that really gets to me is C - Quilted Gardens - there's just something about it that is so appealing! Thank you for having this contest and congratulations on having so many followers!

I would love to win the Quilted Garden. If I do, I hope to have my fellow stitchers each stitch a block or two and add their initials at the bottom and a beginning and end date. As I hang it on my wall I will have wonderful memories of my friends.Judyjkbstitcher@gmail.com

Thank you for another great giveaway. I would choose the Pocketful of Peppermint. I love the tree with the hearts. Nice to have small designs for Christmas ornaments.All 3 designs are wonderful.Take care,shop4baskets@aol.com

Thank you for this great giveaway! I woul love to win the Quilted Garden design. I just love all the spring colours and with spring on it's way here it would make a great stitching project. Thanks for the opportunity!

What a wonderful and generous offer! All of your designs are amazing and - to win or not - I know I will be adding them all to my BR stash! If I were to choose one (ugh ... decisions, decisions, decisions), it would be ... drum roll ...

A. Moonlit Midnight

Not only is Halloween my favorite holiday, but I love how you incorporate all these "spooky" motifs into a stunning collage. The best part of this design is that each motif can be stitched separately and finished into a fob, ornament, etc. I feel like I am getting 10 designs for the price of one!!!

I love all three designs but if I have to pick a favorite it would be Moonlit Midnight because Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and you do those motifs so well. I simply adore the owl and house motifs, especially, and thought the buttons were so cute, too.

About Me

Needlework/Quilting is my passion, obsession, and career. Who am I? I am a private person....a self-proclaimed control freak...most times a perfectionist....beyond organized....super analytical....and a little bit obsessive compulsive. I have a deep passion for all things done with a needle and thread - a lover of fabrics, fibers, and textiles. I am an admirer of the creative, unique, and artistic.What will you read about on my blog? My needlework, sewing, quilting, and machine embroidery projects and ideas - things that inspire me - daily ramblings - and perhaps some insight into my design business.I started Blue Ribbon Designs in early 2004; I specialize in original counted thread cross stitch patterns and quilting designs along with specialty hand finishing of needlework smalls, custom quilting projects, and teaching needlework/sewing/quilting techniques.I absolutely adore my Husqvarna Viking Designer Diamond, my Huskylock s25, and my AccuQuilt Fabric Cutters.I hope you will follow me on this journey...a creative outlet for my passions and obsessions.